Panny 30mm macro practical on GM1?

Al Bond wrote:

Hi,

I recently bought a second-hand GM1 and 12-32 lens. I really just wanted the lens (to use on my E-M10) but, as my wife's Canon Powershot G11 had become faulty, I suggested that she tried it out.

The outcome is that it is now officially her camera......

She is generally happy with its performance but she used to take a lot of macro shots with the G11. The 12-32 is a pretty good lens but it doesn't have close enough focus for her needs.

So, one option is to get the Panny 30mm macro lens. Obviously, despite being a relatively small lens, I suspect it will still looks huge on the GM1.

Has anyone used the 30mm on the GM1 or GM5? Is it manageable?

Thanks

How about a Kooka MFT extension rings kit, 10/16/21mm and then just take the 10mm extension ring in to use?

It will turn the 12-32mm to very good close-up objective with 0.44x magnification. If you would use a 16mm extension ring you can manage to get a 0.63x magnification.

I made quick search around web and couldn't find the Canon G11 magnification value in its "macro mode". But I only found that it has 1/1.7" (1.49cm diagonal) sensor and when mode is enabled the wide angle is used and the camera can focus to 1/4" of the front lens, getting approximately a post stamp size area. That means the magnification ratio isn't 1:1 (1.0x) so it doesn't have a macro function, but it is pseudo-macro or "just" a close-up mode.

That meaning, You should be able to apply the needs of the pseudo-macro feature with the extension ring.

So if it isn't really required to get the 1:1 ratio (17.3x13mm area) it shouldn't be a problem.

I had a few minutes time to test the 10mm extension ring with GM1 (before it was taken from me...) and it offered very nice possibilities.

Here is example of the GM1+12-32mm + 10mm Kooka extension.

It is captured in 16:9 ratio and this is widest possible image. The subject is by size about 4-5mm